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How Would You Sell Bacon and Beer Cupcakes?

David Arrick thinks most cupcakes are pretty froufrou. His New York City company, Butch Bakery, makes manlier desserts. Its cupcakes, which sell for about $4.25 each, come in 12 flavors, including Home Run, a peanut butter cupcake topped with banana cream and crumbled bacon, and Beer Run, a cupcake made from chocolate, beer, and crushed pretzels

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How Fortified Table Salt Could Drastically Reduce Infant Deaths in Developing Nations

Infant mortality in developing countries is depressingly high, with 3.6 million children dying each year in the neonatal period. Unlike many other global health issues, this one is easily fixable--cutting down on deficiencies of micronutrients like folic acid in women of childbearing age could dramatically reduce infant deaths. So last fall, Scientists Without Borders, a platform that crowdsources solutions to scientific problems, set out to work on the issue with a $10,000 challenge that asked entrants to solve the problem of folic acid deficiency in women throughout the developing world with simple, low-cost solutions.

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